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Math powers a wide range of modern technology, from phones and cameras to aircraft and artificial intelligence. It     1     (become) a propeller (推进器) that puts companies on a path toward success.

In a 2023 interview, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei explained     2     math theories have made some technological advancements possible. Ren mentioned Pyotr Ufimtsev,    3     physicist and mathematician from the Soviet Union. Ufimtsev published an     4     (innovation) paper in the 1960s that dealt with the reflection of electromagnetic waves (电磁波). This paper inspired engineers at Lockheed Martin, a US aerospace firm,    5     (develop) the concept of stealth aircraft (隐形飞机). “Physics, civil engineering and mechanics are associated with math,    6     can provide solutions in many areas.”

To develop more math talents, Huawei established two research institutes, one in Russia and the other in France. These institutes focus on mathematics,    7     (employ) over 700 mathematicians.

Like Huawei, many Chinese companies are     8     (heavy) investing in mathematics and research and development (R&D) to lessen their     9     (dependent) on Western technology and strengthen their global market position. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China plans to increase its R&D budget     10     more than 7 percent annually throughout its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period.

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May Day is not only a time for people     1     (enjoy) a long holiday break, but also an occasion to show respect for Chinese workers who work hard and constantly devote themselves     2     keeping the nation running and moving forward. And the farmers who help safeguard China’s “rice bowls” are worthy of special     3     (appreciate).

Despite     4     ( have ) only about nine percent of the world’s arable (可耕的) land, China feeds around one-fifth of the global population. As     5     result, China has placed a high value on agricultural development and rural revitalization (振兴) and has been     6     (active) promoting smart farming.

Over the last few years, significant changes     7     (take) place in the management and marketing of agriculture in China. A new generation of farmers is using     8     (advance) agricultural machines, agronomy (农学) technologies, artificial intelligence, 5G and the Internet of Things as     9     (they) “farm tools”, which not only improve field management but also increase sales of agricultural products. In addition, an increasing number of farmers,     10     are knowledgeable in digital and Internet technologies, have been using live streaming e-commerce to sell local specialties online while sharing their rural life.

With joint efforts, China’s agriculture is expected to have a promising future.

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The 14th Beijing International Film Festival is scheduled for April 18 to 26, with Serbian director Emir Kusturica     1     (chair) the international jury (评委) for the Tiantan Award, organizers have said. A total of 15 films will compete for this year’s Tiantan Award,     2     were selected from a record-breaking application pool of 1,509 films from 118 countries     3     regions according to a press conference on Thursday afternoon.

Brazil was invited to be the guest of honor at this year’s event, as 2024     4     (mark) the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic(外交的)relations between China and Brazil. A number of Brazilian     5     (representative) of film and TV companies will attend the festival, with     6     series of Brazilian movies set to be screened in Beijing.

During the festival, over 240 domestic and international films with diverse themes will be shown across more than 20 theaters in Beijing and     7     (it) neighboring Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province.     8     (launch) in 2011, the festival, which has attracted increasing international attention thanks     9     China’s booming film market, aims     10     (boost) exchanges between global industry players.

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The Classic of Tea,     1     (write) by Tang Dynasty “tea saint” Lu Yu, rates     2     unique kind of tea, not made from the green leaves commonly used, as superior. The leaves were purple and shaped like bamboo shoots. They are known     3     Zisun (or “purple bamboo shoots”) and grow primarily in the mountains of Changxing county, Zhejiang province.

Zheng Funian, a national-level representative inheritor (继承人) of the Zisun tea-making technique, grew up near Guzhu Hill, the    4     (origin) site of the Tang Dynasty Imperial Tea Factory. When he was 17, his parents started to teach him how    5     (process) tea.

    6     (believe) that tea can “embody the tea maker’s soul”, he has always processed the leaves by hand, rather than by machine. Most of his fingers were hurt until he gradually     7     (master) the roasting process.

As the local government has been engaging tea experts to revive (复兴) the Zisun tea processing technique,     8     for centuries was preserved only in texts, Zheng began experimenting back in the 2000s. It took him eight years     9     he successfully produced the compressed tea.

In 2017, he     10     (make) a national-level inheritor of Zisun tea processing, and last year, Zisun tea processing techniques were inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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International students from the Beijing Language and Culture University were busy preparing for the 2023 Competition for the Transmission and Promotion of the Beijing Central Axis, with three songs     1     (highlight) heritage sites along its length.

The competition, hosted     2     (annual) by the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau and the Beijing Municipal Office for Conservation and Management of the Beijing Central Axis, includes five categories, one of     3     calls for participants to present the heritage sites using different art forms.

Three groups of international students from 13 countries participated with songs about the Wanning Bridge, the Temple of Heaven and Jingshan Park. The students, most of whom were Chinese language     4     (major), took an elective course that taught songs     5     (adapt) from ancient Chinese poetry.

“I think this song about the Wanning Bridge is very beautiful. When I was learning the lyrics, I got to know about the bridge’s history and architectural style. I feel that I’m very     6     (fortune) to participate in this course and the competition, because they have allowed me     7     (learn) more about Chinese culture and history,” said one of     8     students.

It was the first time Chinese folk music     9     (know) by so many students through these courses. And       10       the competition, they took their instruments home to introduce their friends to Chinese music. Through art, they became international narrators of China’s stories and practitioners of the cultural exchange between China and their homeland.

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Xu Beihong (1895-1953) was important in modern Chinese folk art. During his lifetime, he developed the tradition of combining poetry with painting. Between 1933 and 1940, he     1     (hold) several exhibitions in Asia and Europe to promote Chinese art. Across this painting     2     (name) Racing Horse, we can see a horse running at a high speed     3     a missile (导弹) across the sky. On the left and right side of the painting, Xu clearly drew in black ink to show the     4     (move) hair on the horse’s mane (鬃毛) and tail. The painting of dark and light colors is a favorite of many art lovers.

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Where the Sidewalk Ends is a book full of fascinating poems written     1     Shel Silverstein. It contains more than 100 of all kinds of poems-some are happy, some are funny and some are     2     (excite). Each poem comes with a nice drawing by the author     3     (he). Some of the pictures are very silly.

My favourite poem     4     (call) Snowman. It is about     5     happy snowman, which always wants to see July. Other animals say that he will melt (融化) by then. But the snowman wants to see July so     6     (bad) that no matter what other people say, it does not bother the snowman one bit. This poem never says if he actually sees July. So you can only guess.

Another poem I really like is Santa and the reindeer. This poem is about Christmas. Santa has to give     7     (variety) presents to the children while one of his reindeer is always asking what’s for him. I guess Santa gets really annoyed because he puts a flea (虱子) in the reindeer’s ear. And the next thing you know, they fly away and are ready     8     (continue) their journey through the world handing out presents to all the children     9     have behaved well.

This book is fun to read because of all those unique poems. The     10     (character) of this book do many unusual things such as selling sisters, talking to fish and a lot more.

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Chang Yu Wine Company, the largest and oldest wine producer in China,     1     (locate) near the port of Yantai in Shandong Province. It was established by Zhang Bishi, an extraordinary industrialist considered as one of the wealthiest self-made     2     (figure) of the time.

Bishi initially imported 2000 vines (葡萄藤) from America, which were     3     (entire) unused to the new environment and died. Once more, 640,000 vines were imported from Europe with 30 percent of vines surviving. Three years later, wild grapes were then source d from northeast China and transplanted onto the European rootstocks. They successfully     4     (bear) fruit.

In 1905, Changyu completed     5     was then Asia’s largest underground wine cellar (酒窖), and later opened for business. In 1915, Changyu’s brandy rose wine won four gold medals at the Panama Pacific International Exposition,     6     (gain) the first international recognition of Chinese wine.

Devoted to continuous trial and     7     (innovate), Changyu’s founder managed to develop a greater variety of grape — Cabernet Gernischt in 1931, which remains China’s only internationally     8     (recognize) variety of grape for wine production.

Later, using Cabernet Gernischt as the main material, Changyu produced a red wine with a totally different flavor.     9     (give) it a stylish name, then Changyu manager created a translation of cabernet — Jie Bay Na, drawing on the Chinese proverb “All rivers flow into the sea”. Since 1937, Changyu has been using “cabernet”     10     a registered trademark.

Today ChangYu Wine Company, with its wine well received both at home and abroad, is moving ahead for a better future.

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The Irish government has a plan to boost the population of more than two dozen faraway islands in the Atlantic Ocean — to give money to homebuyers     1     are willing to move there.

These islands are often a tourist draw due to their     2     (beauty) landscapes and history. About 30 islands off the coast of Ireland have year-round residents who are cut off by the water     3     (day) and who don’t have a connection through bridges or causeways to the mainland. Some of the islands have as few as two year-round residents on them. Over the past two decades the population of these islands     4     (fall), with fewer than 3,000 people now spread across them. Even so, the islands are important for tourism,     5     (attract) more than 300,000 visitors every year.

An ongoing worry for island communities is how     6     (maintain) the population levels of their islands. Most of the people on the islands are old, as many young adults leave the islands for     7     (far) education or work chances elsewhere.

The plan brings to mind Italy’s plan to sell homes in small towns for 1 euro     8     a way to attract new residents. However, there are plenty of stories from people who bought a l euro home about the difficulties and high costs of repairing     9     (they). Ireland is providing up to $92,000 for a person who repairs     10     old building on one of the Irelands.

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Open AI officially announced the launch of its     1     (late) text-to-video AI model, Sora, in February. The model outperforms (优于) others of its kind by creating diverse videos at suitable aspect ratios (屏幕高宽比) for different devices and social media. It can make smooth and realistic videos with     2     (detail) multi-character scenes and realistic movements. Imagine typing a     3     (describe) of a scene, like a snowy street in Tokyo with people and flying sakura (樱花) petals, and Sora turns it     4     a real video just from your words! How amazing!

Before Sora, making videos from text was tough and the results weren’t that great. But recently Sora     5     (improve) a lot. It understands your words really well and knows how things move and look in the real world. Sora works by “learning” from     6     large number of videos. It first breaks them down into pieces     7     then generates (生成) a new, better video from the pieces.     8     (current), Sora is still being tested and not for everyone to use. When     9     (create) videos, the model may mess up a character’s movement or show scenes     10     don’t follow the rules of physics. For example, one of its videos shows a whole cookie even after someone has taken a bite out of it.